SCHOOL OF DISOBEDIENCE
a few words
"I find the current art scene fundamentally boring, self-sufficient and exclusionary, and it's not at all surprising that only such a closed circle is interested in it. Contemporary art whose works can only be received by the viewer through mediation, for example through descriptive texts, guided tours or art education sessions, is not for the general public, but for a privileged segment of society. What is missing is a radical reform of contemporary art, a more sincere, more generous, and more interesting contemporary art that is open to a wider public, rather than initiatives that seek to promote it and make it more accessible. My conviction is that this reform can only happen through the reinvention of art education. The “School of Disobedience” is an attempt to do this.
In my “School of Disobedience” I encourage participants to stop wanting to prove themselves to the art world, stop wanting to be validated with an institution, stop using terminologies and theoretical references just because it is "required". Stop being manipulated by the market, stop creating for open calls, stop "adapting" their concepts, stop responding to trends. In my “School of Disobedience” I encourage participants to resist, unlearn, and revolt! Dare to be themselves: defy self-doubt, fearlessly follow their own path, and be confidently themselves!”
Anna Ádám, Creator of the School of Disobedience
In my “School of Disobedience” I encourage participants to stop wanting to prove themselves to the art world, stop wanting to be validated with an institution, stop using terminologies and theoretical references just because it is "required". Stop being manipulated by the market, stop creating for open calls, stop "adapting" their concepts, stop responding to trends. In my “School of Disobedience” I encourage participants to resist, unlearn, and revolt! Dare to be themselves: defy self-doubt, fearlessly follow their own path, and be confidently themselves!”
Anna Ádám, Creator of the School of Disobedience
about
Born in Budapest (Hungary), in 1983, and graduated from the ENSAPC Art School in 2016 (France), I am working with art as a means of connection and with education as a means of activism. I am making full evening pieces and short-format performances, holding multi-sensorial political soft-spaces, creating immersive choreographic experiences, and building rebellious communities. In the past 10 years, I dreamed up the School of Disobedience, founded an artist collective then my own performance art company (Gray Box), launched an annual festival (Wildflowers Festival), exhibited in a toilet, performed in a boxing ring, curated in an elevator, gave lectures in a techno club, run classes in a hammam... I like everything that is unusual, unexpected, and nonconformist. I am not kind with assholes and learned how to follow my own path. I will teach you how to think outside the box so as to be independent. I think the party is outside the canon.
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my methodology
I am honest.
I know how to listen to someone.
I care.
Adding anything else would be bullshit.
I know how to listen to someone.
I care.
Adding anything else would be bullshit.
some guidelines
This school is organized under a very simple frame that is characterized by the following ideas:
- Judgment-free: there is no right or wrong comment / question / idea… All thoughts, shared emotions, experiences and testimonies are legitimate and valide, until they are expressed carefully in a respectful way, and they don’t tigger others sensitivity or sensibility.
- Non-hierarchical: it’s a horizontal school where no one has more or less voice or space. Please let’s try to take collectively care of it: if you are usually taking more space, let’s try to give space for those who want to try to take a step further, let’s try to encourage each of us to liberate their beautiful, subversive and singular voice.
- Yourself first! You have the possibility to take your distance if you feel it’s necessary. You have the possibility to sit aside and take your time if you feel you need it. You have the possibility to jump out from a discussion / exercise / task and jump in again when you feel it’s the right moment again. You only know yourself, you only can hear yourself talking to you. So don’t hesitate to listen to yourself and act accordingly. In case you feel disturbed by the topic, in case it’s heavy for you or overwhelming and you want to take a full day break to protect you, please do. Your emotional security first! Really.